Specialty Doctor in Paediatrics FGH

Job overview

Furness General Hospital are looking for a Specialty Doctor in Paediatrics to join our team at the Middle-Grade Level.

The post is based in the Paediatric Department at Furness General Hospital  and you will be part of a team delivering day to day care of patients on the Children’s Ward and Special Care Baby Unit.

You will be required to participate in the 1:7 resident on-call rota which includes night duties, day shifts and weekends.

Main duties of the job

You will work as a member of a team of middle grade doctors working a full shift system.

The clinical duties of the post include the following:

• Day to day care of patients on the Children’s Unit and Special Care Baby Unit as well as covering the Central Delivery Suite and post-natal Ward.
• Maintenance of patient’s records and generation of timely Discharge Summaries
• Participation in Consultant-led ward rounds undertaken by the Paediatric Team
• Emergency care of patients in the paediatric assessment unit and the emergency department

You will be encouraged  to actively participate in audit / research / training within the team

You will be encouraged to contribute to the teaching programme of the junior doctors and will help to protect their teaching time during allocated teaching sessions.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/